Labour Bureau
Government of India
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STATISTICS

SC/ST Scheme

Scheduled Caste Surveys: Important Parameters Studied

Sr. No.

Name of Report/ Survey

Occupations

No of family members

%age distribution of members in Age (in years)

Education level

 

Average Monthly Income

Per Capita Income

Literacy Rate

Average Family Size

Longevity (Family Members 60 Years age & above)

Below 5 years

5 - 14

 15 - 29

 30 - 44

 44 - 59

 60  & Above

Illiterate

Below Primary

Primary

Middle

Matriculate & Higher secondary

Intermediate

Graduate & above

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

1

Agra
(1976-77)

Tanning

144

13

31

29

14

10

3

67.5

14.3

11.9

5.6

 

 

0.8

313

54

33

6

3

Bone Crushing

6

33

-

33

17

17

-

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

192

96

0

2

 

Shoe-making

182

15

29

21

20

10

5

82.6

9.0

3.9

3.9

0.7

 

 

226

45

17

5

5

2

Sholapur
 (1979)

Tanning

97

14

34

22

10

12

7

83.1

8.4

3.6

1.2

3.6

-

-

341

56

17

6

7

Bone Crushing

29

7

31

21

28

10

3

85.2

3.7

11.1

-

-

-

-

177

43

15

4

3

Shoe-making

36

17

31

17

14

17

6

70.0

10.0

16.7

3.3

-

-

-

215

42

30

5

6

3

Madras
(1980-81)

Bone Crushing

50

14

28

32

14

10

2

74.4

16.3

9.3

-

-

-

-

252

50

26

5

2

Flaying

193

15

26

31

14

11

3

53.9

19.4

16.4

7.3

3.0

-

-

442

73

46

6

3

Shoe-making

270

14

20

36

11

13

6

39.9

17.6

16.3

19.7

6.0

0.5

-

384

80

60

5

6

Tanning

464

14

24

29

17

13

3

39.7

21.6

20.6

14.8

2.3

0.8

0.2

388

75

60

5

3

4

Patna
(1985)

Shoe-making

125

17

30

24

19

6

5

45.2

22.1

14.4

10.6

5.8

-

1.9

993

159

55

6

5

Sweeping & Scavenging

1333

13

33

24

18

9

2

66.2

12.7

13.1

5.4

2.2

0.2

0.2

979

177

34

6

2

5

Indore
(1993)

Shoe-making

106

8

21

34

18

15

5

44.9

15.3

13.3

17.3

7.2

-

2.0

1676

364

55

5

5

Flaying

54

9

26

22

26

11

6

57.2

20.4

8.2

12.2

2.0

-

-

2054

495

43

4

6

Sweeping & Scavenging

1458

9

21

33

20

15

3

32.0

20.2

21.4

16.3

7.2

1.8

1.1

2978

584

68

5

3

6

Ghaziabad
(1995)

Shoe-making

101

11

30

27

16

15

2

48.9

16.7

20.0

6.7

4.4

1.1

2.2

1808

304

51

6

2

Sweeping & Scavenging

1168

11

27

31

14

14

3

48.0

15.9

18.7

13.8

3.0

0.2

0.4

3151

577

52

5

3

7

Asansol
(1997)

Sweeping & Scavenging

1233

7

32

30

20

10

2

47.7

19.1

19.3

10.4

3.1

0.4

-

3834

737

52

5

2

8

Jalandhar
(1998)

Bone Crushing

77

10

29

21

30

10

-

53.6

20.3

13.0

8.7

4.4

-

-

2572

601

46

4

-

Shoe-making

173

6

26

31

21

10

5

21.0

16.7

17.9

16.0

27.2

0.6

0.6

3228

690

79

5

5

Tanning

163

10

24

31

26

6

3

42.0

16.0

19.0

11.0

10.0

1.0

1.0

3061

845

58

4

3

Sweeping & Scavenging

969

8

25

29

23

12

3

36.8

23.4

18.6

12.1

7.4

0.9

0.8

5368

1136

63

5

3

9

Jaipur
(2003)

Flaying

31

13

32

29

10

16

-

88.9

7.4

-

3.7

-

-

-

6256

1009

11

6

 

Shoe-making

136

13

23

33

15

14

2

35.6

22.0

13.6

21.2

5.9

-

1.7

3438

784

64

5

2

Sweeping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(I)        Urban

1707

10

28

30

19

10

2

43.4

19.9

17.6

14.8

3.7

0.2

0.4

7580

1279

57

6

2

(ii)          Rural

90

16

27

34

10

12

1

25.0

29.0

19.7

6.6

18.4

-

1.3

5974

730

75

8

1

Factroies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(I)        Urban

346

10

22

30

20

13

5

32.4

16.7

17.3

18.3

10.9

2.2

2.2

4674

959

68

5

5

(ii)          Rural

32

9

22

41

19

6

3

55.2

6.9

10.4

20.7

3.4

-

3.4

3839

1080

45

4

3

a) Working and Living Conditions of the Scheduled Castes Workers in the
    Selected Occupations at Jalandhar (1998)
 
Srl.No.
Item Description
Sweeping and Scavenging
Bone Crushing
Shoe Making
Tanning
1.
Percentage of Workers
 
     
 
i) Male
63.8
63.0
69.0
100.0
 
ii) Female 
36.2
37.0
31.0
---
 
iii) Children
---
---
---
---
 
Iv) Time Rated
100.0
62.7
60.2
100.0
 
v) Piece Rated
---
37.3
39.8
---
 
vi) Through Contractors 
---
---
---
---
2.
Average size of the family
4.73
4.28
4.68
3.62
3.
Average number of earners per family
1.7
1.8
1.8
1.5
4.
No. of migrant workers
15
22
11
47
5.
Percentage of indebted families
31.2
5.6
2.7
---
6.
Average monthly income per sampled household
Rs. 
5368.47
Rs. 2572.05
Rs. 3227.81
Rs. 3061.39
7.
Literacy level rate in percentage - MALE
72.0

 

54.0

.

85.2

 

59.1

 

8.
Literacy level rate in percentage - FEMALE

 

54.4
37.4
72.8
56.6

b) Socio-economic Conditions of the Scheduled Tribes Labour at Belgaum (1996)
 
Srl.No.
Item description
Value
1.
Percentage of Workers  
  i) Male
98.1
  ii) Female 
1.9
  iii) Children
---
  Iv) Time Rated
100.0
  v) Piece Rated
---
  vi) Through Contractors 
---
2.
Average size of the family
4.8
3.
Average number of earners per family
1.51
4.
No. of migrant workers
5
5.
Percentage of indebted families
36.0
6.
Average monthly income per sampled household
Rs. 2363.36
7.
Average monthly expenditure per sampled household
Rs. 2367.92
8.
Literacy level rate in percentage
Male

Female

73.3

42.2